title: The use of music in group educational activities in Family Health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  describe how music is used in the development of group educational activity in Family Health.
  
  
  METHODS
  a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, developed with 10 group coordinators, distributed in five basic care units in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected from March to July, 2009, with non participant observation in the group itself, and semi-structured interviews with the coordinators. Information was organized and categorized according to thematic analysis. To interpret the data, the Snyderian concepts in addition to theoretical references about music, communication and health education were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  three thematic nuclei were found: the affective dimension of music; recreative dimension of music and the reflexive dimension of music.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  an attempt by the coordinators was observed, to overcome the pathological barriers with the use of music, considering the group as a whole. As advancement for the production of knowledge, this study shows the need for qualification of these coordinators, by means of workshops and constant follow-up of their musical practices.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. ligemeasbh@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Líliam Barbosa
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Sônia Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Paes
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Graziela da Costa
authors.initials: Gda C
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Maria Teresinha de Oliveira
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music